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    The surname Salvatierra

    A Spanish place surname, carried by 2,012 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex S413

    Salvatierra: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salvatierra #14,761, 2,012 people Salvatierra: #14,761 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salvatierra #14,761, 2,012 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salvatierra is more common than 90.9% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish, of Álavan toponymic origin.

    Salvatierra is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,012 people named Salvatierra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,435.

    #14,761
    rank among US surnames
    2,012
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,952)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,755Dittrich2,013153,376
    #14,761Natarajan2,012153,452
    #14,768Ban2,011153,528

    Who is named Salvatierra

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    88% of people named Salvatierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.2% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Salvatierras

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Adriana Salvatierra
      Bolivian political scientist and politician (born 1989)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salvatierra

    Salvatierra has the Soundex code S413, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S413.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salvatierra come from?
    From Spanish, of Álavan toponymic origin.
    How common is the surname Salvatierra?
    2,012 people in the United States had the surname Salvatierra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 153,452 Americans. It ranked 14,761st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salvatierra?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Salvatierra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.2% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Salvatierra?
    Adriana Salvatierra, Bolivian political scientist and politician (born 1989).
    Where is the surname Salvatierra most common?
    Wikidata records people named Salvatierra in Chile.
    What type of surname is Salvatierra?
    Salvatierra is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Salvatierra getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,435 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,012 in 2010, up 40%.